Anything You Want: 40 lessons for a new kind of entrepreneur

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Anything You Want: 40 lessons for a new kind of entrepreneur

Derek Sivers · 2015 · 96 pages

You started a business. But why? Entrepreneurs often lose sight of what matters. Are you helping people? Are they happy? Are you happy? Are you profitable? Isn't that enough?Derek Sivers accidentally started a business by helping musicians sell their music. It became the largest online seller of independent music with over 150,000 musicians and $100M in sales. After ten years, he sold the company for $22 million and gave all the money to charity. In "Anything You Want" he shares 40 powerful lessons, in a book you can read in about an hour.
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